Clarion High School - Lasso Yearbook (Clarion, IA)

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First row: Isenburger, Sebert, Kaetler. Bird-sall, Mr. Grove, Burt. Gronwall, Summers, Freese. Cullmanl Second row: Henry, B. Feller. Sorenson, D. Feller, Loyd, Lesher, Bohy, Davies, Lindstrom, White. BASKETBALL SCORES CONFERENCE STANDINGS Return 117011 Lost Pct. IVQ They Games Clear Lake .......... ...... 1 1 3 .786 Forest City 23 57 WVebster City ...... ...... 1 1 3 .786 Algoua 26 32 Eagle Grove ........ ...... 9 5 .643 Belmond 24 28 Hampton ........ ...... 8 6 .571 Eagle Grove 20 54 29 42 Iowa Falls ....... ...... 8 6 .571 Clear Lake 23 47 23 47 Algona ............... ...... 4 9 .308 Humboldt 28 24 43 Humboldt ......... ...... 3 11 .214 Iowa Falls 24 44 42 61 Clarion ......... ....,. 1 12 .077 VVebster City 39 60 14 33 Hampton 24 41 29 32 26

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fl,0fLJ The Cowboys had a very successful season this year with a total of 7 wins and 2 losses. They were very fortunate to have the assistance of three returned veterans who played a major part in many of this seasonis winning games. They were Lynn Lunde, fullback, Pete Rodriquez, halfbaok, Bill Tucker, guard. Other outstanding players of the year were jerry Rohrer, who was chosen as one of the superior guards in the state, and Ray Cronwall, whose hard blockinfl and running proved of great assistance to the Clarion squad. A CLARION 47 - FOREST CITY 7 The Clarion squad opened the season with an easy victory over the Forest City eleven. After the first team had run up a comfortable lead in the early part of the game, Coach Grove used the remainder of the game to test the reserve strength of his second string. Forest Cityis lone touchdown came in the closing minutes of the game, but after this game hopes were high for a victorious season. CLARION 0 - HAINIPTON 20 Football gods frowned on Clarion as they lost their first conference game of the season to Hampton. Bad breaks consisting of two fumbles and a blocked punt proved the decisive factor as Hampton pulled to a 6 to 0 halftime lead. The second half was a see-saw battle but the power- ful Hampton squad proved too much for us. They won the conference championship at the end of the season. CLARION 6 - CLEAR LAKE 20 , Things looked even darker for the Clarion souad as they went down for the second defeat of the season to the Clear Lake Lions. The game was played fairly evenly the first two quarters as the score was 6 to 6 as the halftime gun went off. The second half proved disastrous to the squad as they were badly outplayed and out- scored. Our chances for Conference Champs were ruined by the loss of this game and the prospects for the future looked dark. CLARION 19 - HUMBOLDT 14 A revamped Clarion squad, hungry for vic- tory, got its revenge when it defeated the Hum- boldt Wildcats in a bitter battle. With Lunde switched to the fullback position the Cowboys became a new team. This game proved to be one of the most exciting of the season and a last- minute stand on the goal line proved to be too much- for the Wildcats as Clarion went on to its first conference victory. CLARION 14 - IOWA FALLS 0 Playing before a homecoming crowd, the Clarion squad pounded a smashing victory out of the Iowa Falls Cadets. The Iowa Falls squad put up a courageous battle the first half with neither team scoring, but the Clarion squad came through in the second half by smashing over two touchdowns that were the deciding factors of the game. CLARION 33 - WEBSTER CITY 7 For the first time in many years the Clarion team finally got its longed-for revenge over the powerful VVebster City Lynx. john Bancroft was our outstanding player for the night as he caught two Clarion passes-one resulting in a touchdown -and intercepted and blocked many Webster City passes. CLARION 45 - ALGONA 6 Before one of the largest crowds of the season the Clarion squad crushed the fighting Algona eleven in the fourth conference win of the sea- son. The game was marked with spectacular runs by Lunde and Cronwall. One of the out- standing plays of the night was Lunde's beauti- ful broken field run the entire length of the grid- iron on a return of an Algona punt. CLARION 66 - BELBIOND 0 In a game almost resembling a track meet, the Cowboys mauled the Belmond Broncos 66 to 0. The Cowboys were in the lead all the Way and in the second half the reserves piled up addi- tional touchdowns. Everyone realized at the end of this game that the Clarion team was one of the most powerful in northern Iowa. CLARION 53 - EAGLE GROVE 0 Clarion asserted its superiority over the Eagle Grove Eaglets when they crushed them 53 to 0 in the annual Armistice Day game. Due to the hot rivalry between the two teams, this victory was fully appreciated by the Clarion fans. This game will long be remembered by the seniors leading the squad, and will prove a goal for the younger members of the team coming up. CONFERENCE STANDINGS Won Lost Tied Hampton .,.. . ..,,..,.,.........., 7 0 0 Clarion .... . . , 5 2 0 Clear Lake .. . .. -L 2 1 Algona . .. . . . . 3 3 0 Iowa Falls .... 3 3 O Humboldt ....... . . . 2 4 1 VVebster City .... . . . 2 4- 0 Eagle Grove . . . , , . 0 7' 0 25

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Z?afsLefdaf The Clarion basketball squad had a tough schedule for the season and although they played their best in all of their games, they dropped the larger percentage of them. The only bright spot of the season was their lone victory over the Wildcats. They went down to defeat many times by very close margins and were Iighting to the last in all their games, but didn't quite have the power to overcome the opposing quin- tets. In the sectional tournament at Humboldt they were defeated by a smooth-running Webster City five, and so the Cowboy team lost its chance at any title hopes in the state tournament. Some of the outstanding players of the year were Charlie Birdsall, who led the scoring for the sea- son, and was followed by John Bancroft and Roger Sumners. Seven of the squad will be re- turning next year and a more successful season is hoped for. Wfeofgng The Clarion mat squad came through a tough dual season with only one defeat. This defeat was suffered at the hands of West Waterloo, 17 to 16. Clarion retaliated when they de- throned West Waterloo as the State Champions. One of the best meets of the year was with Osage. Osage was the pre-meet favorite but lacked the strength of the Cowboy squad. Fort Dodge, who held a victory over the Waterloo Warhawks, came to Clarion with the intention of administering to Clarion their second beating, but went home a badly battered squad on the short end of a 20 to 14 victory. Some of the best matches of the year were those between Virgil Rink and Eddie Nelson of Eagle Grove, Bob Wilson and john Harrison of Fort Dodge, Merle Wilson and Olsen of Osage, john Bowen and Schuh of Fort Dodge, Bob Ege- mo and Dick Cibert of Fort Dodge. No one who saw the Cowboys in action this year ever felt they lacked fight and will to win. Clarion went on the road this year to meet Maquoketa and Davenport, beating both in their stride. When the excitement of the District Meet at Fort Dodge was over Clarion was the victor and took home the trophy. The Cowboys also placed 9 of the 10 boys they had entered in the meet of whom 7 were eligible to compete in the State Meet at Clarion. Clarion won her first State Championship in 9 years with a total of 18 team points and 2 state champs, and 2 runner-ups. john Rowen annexed Clarion's Hrst champion- ship in the 123 lb. class. Jerry Bohrer, who was a Midwest A.A.U. champion last year, brought Clarion their second championship in the 155 lb. class. Merle 1rVilson lost a close match to Paulson of Davenport, but came back to win second place from Hutchinson of Fort Dodge. Bob Wil- son came back to win second place in the 118 lb. class. We look for good things for next year. WRESTLING SCORES Clarion vs. Gilmore City 25 11 Algona 31 9 I.S.T.S. 41 5 Osage 20 14 VVest Waterloo 16 17 Maquoketa 33 3 Eagle Grove 17 17 Davenport 2015 15V2 Iowa Falls 22 12 Iowa Falls 34- 4- Algona 4414 lk Fort Dodge 20 14- E. Des Moines 30 6 Mason City 19 17 I.S.T.S. 50 0 Eagle Grove 19 17 27